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Step 92: Words of French origin.

In words that come from French, i sounds like ee (‑ine, ‑igue, ique).

ch = sh Endings ‑que and ‑gue sound like k and (hard) g.

 

‑ine: machine   Paul ___   mar ___   margar ___  

        guillot ___   magaz ___   tanger ___   nectar ___  

              trampol ___

‑ que:         anti ___     uni ___        pictures ___                  grotes ___

                  che ___      (In America this is spelt 'check'.)

 

‑gue:          catalo ___   dialo ___       fati ___       lea ___

                  intri ___       va ___                VO ___                ro ___

 

 

ã Copyright 2000 by Elliot Right Way Books where copied or adapted from “c-a-t=CAT”. Other material ã copyright 2001 by Mona McNee